Rolf Harris: victims speak of abuse

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Rolf Harris's actions were said to have 'traumatised' his victimsRichard Pohle/The Times

Last updated at 12:01AM, July 5 2014

• Statement One:

When I was eight years of age I was an innocent child. I was happy in my
family and had no concept of anything of a sexual nature. When I attended
the community centre, it was my first taste of independence. On that day and
in the space of a few minutes my childhood innocence was gone.

At the time when I was sexually assaulted, the word paedophile was not in my
vocabulary; neither were the words to describe what had happened to me. I
was left thinking who would believe me? I blamed myself for what had